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Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossypho-phattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon --a Greek dish in a play, according to Wikipdia.

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LOL, "fire plug" because most people call them hydrants and plug is an old term from like the old,old days. "Plug ugly" actually comes from guys who use to try and hide the hydrants from other fire companies, back when they made money from shaking folks down to put out their houses.

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."-George Orwell

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"Mule Skinner" ... what I am. Old word for a person that trains mules. Always raises eyebrows in conversation."Off his/her/my rocker"... don't hear this much any more. Vernacular for nutcase.As a matter of fact... vernacular is a nice word!Also Haflinger (breed of small horse from Austria), cantle, (rear part of a saddle that holds your butt in) and "baked" as in a person that's fried their brains on a certain substance.

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SD_Chick wrote:

Haflinger (breed of small horse from Austria)

I find this funny because I work with Belgian Draft horses, and one day a guy insisted that this huge mare I was driving was a "Haflinger". He dead out refused to hear otherwise, so finally I gave in and told him it was a "Fullinger". LOL.

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."-George Orwell

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virtualbettie wrote:

LOL, "fire plug" because most people call them hydrants and plug is an old term from like the old,old days. "Plug ugly" actually comes from guys who use to try and hide the hydrants from other fire companies, back when they made money from shaking folks down to put out their houses.

I am writing a report about the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the American Mafia, and I am readind a book about different gangs. The part about the Plug Uglies is "Their name came from large plug hats, which they stuffed with wool and leather to serve as protective helmets in battle." The book is Street Gangs Yesterday and Today.

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draco fett wrote:

Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossypho-phattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon --a Greek dish in a play, according to Wikipdia.

Draco, for the win...

RC-3222 wrote:

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis--it's a lung disease caused by silica dust, as well as an all around wonderful word!

Man, I love that word! It's fun to say...

Here's a couple words I can think of:

Muckracker. It sounds so filthy, yet is isn't.

Also Trisadekaphobia, fear of the number 13, is a fun word to say.

"Did I ever tell you how much I like ants huh? Especially fried in a subtle blend of mech fluid and grated gears?"-Rampage, Beast Wars

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word. whats the story? i have a omnibus of poe-but am unaware of it.phrenology always caught my attention that, and physiognamy. i liked the idea of seeing what a person was about by just observing body language and features.

the devil had a flat nose- so a flat nose became a trait of an evil person...cool huh?have you ever looked at someone and known they were a tool, or that they were smart?- a rhetorical question.but thats physiognamy in a nutshell.

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I also like photon, proton, electron, and neutron. Also, pi. You do not here maser, Grecko-Roman or Arabesque often. And for some reason I like the words camoflague, grandmaster, maze, aether, serpentine, infrared, ultraviolet, and blacklight.